Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1248 Hellfire
When his plane arrived over Aberdeen, Gibson was stunned by everything in front of him. He wrote in the report: "There is fire everywhere, and three-quarters of Aberdeen is engulfed in fire." In the endless sea of ​​​​flames, especially the Union Street in the center of Aberdeen has been engulfed in flames. Its height may reach thousands of feet, and it is still spinning. It is really terrible. This is what I saw The most terrifying scene ever. Our plane was sailing in the scorching sea of ​​fire, as if a lonely boat was sailing in rough seas. The fire attack is really too powerful. It is estimated that our losses will be extremely heavy, and the death toll may be More than 10 people”

The RAF did nothing in the air and had little to no way of stopping it on the ground.Although there are so many anti-aircraft artillery units in the Aberdeen area, most of them are deployed near several military ports. In addition, due to the failure of the radar and the choice of the attack time of the dragon army, most of the artillery cannot be aimed normally.In addition, the quality of soldiers is not high.After all, this is not the key area of ​​attack.Moreover, the flying altitude of the first wave of Chinese bombers was very high, reaching more than 6000 meters.Therefore, 80% of the artillery was completely destroyed by Chinese bombers in the first wave of air strikes.When the second wave of bombers arrived, the air defense system in the Aberdeen area was completely paralyzed.The flamboyant Chinese Air Force bombers easily completed the bombing almost without any ground resistance.

Although the bombing in the air is over, the catastrophe on the ground has just begun.

Since the start of the war, the Chinese Air Force has continuously sent aircraft to harass and reconnaissance, which has greatly affected the judgment of local residents.Because, whenever these inexplicable planes run here, or are about to enter the airspace here, the British Air Defense Command will sound the air strike alarm.At the beginning, the local residents would rush to evade, but when the enemy planes came more often and did not cause any losses to themselves, most of the civilians among them would have doubts about these alarms, Over time, this siren sound similar to "Wolf is coming" has no effect in the minds of most residents.

In addition, the residents of Aberdeen generally lack experience in dealing with air strikes. Although they are usually trained, subconsciously, Aberdeen people still think that Chinese planes will not bomb here.Because the long harbor is one's own best fortification.In addition, it is worth mentioning that there is no real air-raid shelter in Aberdeen, because the mayor of the city, Smallmant, and his subordinate municipal agencies have always ignored the construction plan of the air-raid shelter.

In addition to these, the mayor of the city also believes that the buildings made of granite in his city can prevent Chinese bombs to the greatest extent.The so-called air-raid shelters in Aberdeen are actually the storage rooms or basements of their own homes, and there are very few air-raid shelters in Aberdeen.In addition to a large public shelter under the municipal building, the only places where residents can escape air raids are the basements of hotels, restaurants, warehouses, train stations, bus stations, schools, banks, etc.But they don't know.These are not enough to withstand Chinese bombs and incendiary bombs.

At 4:10, the first "Christmas tree" bloomed over the city. It was only at this moment that the residents of Aberdeen began to realize that this night was a bit unusual. With the roar of huge bombers approaching, Red and green target indicator bombs also bloomed in the air one after another.From the official drop of the first bomb to the completion of the bombing by the first wave of bombers, the Chinese only spent more than 20 minutes, that is to say, in this short period of 20 minutes, one-third of the Aberdeen city area has been plunged. into a sea of ​​fire.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the second wave of aircraft groups with the two bomber wings of the Imperial Navy Air Force as the main force arrived.The planes immediately dropped a large number of napalm bombs in the narrow area between the Zaodi River and the Don River near the railway station and bus station in the center of Aberdeen.

Under the guidance of the first wave of fire, the second wave of incendiary bombing caused even more terrifying follow-up effects.The originally independent small fire sources were quickly connected to form a devastating and larger flame storm.

After the first wave of air strikes, Aberdeen residents who escaped from the old city gathered at the single-hole large stone bridge and St. Machar's Cathedral in the old town in the north of the city, as well as near the train station in the south-central corner.This place is sandwiched between the Tang River and the Dee River, and there are more than 2 refugees in the two places.They were squeezed here in the raging fire like mice in a bellows, but they didn't know that this place was about to become the target of the second wave of air strikes by the Imperial Navy Air Force.

The terrifying fire quickly swept across the entire street or open space. The houses and buildings on both sides of the street were burning fiercely, spitting out terrifying flames like a hearth. Furniture, carpets, wooden floors, wallpaper, etc., as long as you can think of daily life Utensils and decorative materials were destroyed in the flames.Everything that can burn is burning.The entire city was engulfed in a raging fire, which was clearly visible even to pilots taking off from Dundee, 320 miles away from Aberdeen.

The power of fire is terrifying.Windows, glass, and even steel began to gradually melt under the action of the high temperature, and the streets cast with asphalt began to flow, and the hot black asphalt splashed around like a river, as if the entire city was bleeding.The buildings made of granite also began to fall apart under the scorching flame storm, and the blue granite turned into white dust under the high temperature.

A large number of residents were engulfed by the fire, and the high temperature and lack of oxygen soon became more ferocious killers.As the storm of flames swept through the streets, the residents hiding in the basement that served as a bomb shelter were suffocated, baked, burned, and then died painfully and helplessly.Many of them had no chance at all to escape, nor could they escape.Because even if you can escape from the underground by chance, you are very likely to die in the high temperature storm and scorching asphalt flow on the street.

The flame storm pushed the scorching air the size of a fist to erupt in all directions like bullets passing through the air, and anyone who was hit would be shattered in an instant.Even a touch to the side can cause severe burns.

At this time Aberdeen has become a hell!
"Yesterday, our powerful Imperial Air Force and Imperial Air Force, through precise cooperation, broke through the mighty British air defense line with nearly a thousand heavy bombers at the core, and successfully destroyed the most important air defense city in the UK, Aberdeen. It was our response to the British bombing of Hamburg, Germany. Terror must be extinguished with terror! I have said that when bombs are dropped on enemy territory, they will stop, there is no doubt about it. To win this war, only Giving back to our enemies, multiplying, the losses they inflict on us and our allies has always been the way of the world, and air warfare is no exception."

"Pada!" As the sound of the current intensified, the people sitting around the huge radio station turned their heads and stretched their necks involuntarily, until several waiters in white dresses walked away with cups of coffee. After entering, everyone stopped their movements, and then gently took the cups handed over by the waiters.

"Ah! It was only today that I finally felt relieved. Jieshi, this is all your plan. Without you, I really can't think of any way to deal with the British. Old fellow Dowding, try now It's time to feel the pain." Feng Ru, who was sitting in the north position, put down the coffee cup while talking, and said excitedly.

"Hehe!" Smiled slightly: "I don't have any credit. I owe it to His Majesty the emperor's wise decision and the heroic battle with all the soldiers of the Imperial Air Force and Naval Air Force. As for me, this little credit is nothing!"

After a while, a staff officer came in with a thick report.At this time, everyone's attention was focused on this person.

"Has the final statistics come out?" Feng Ru asked.

"Yes." The officer nodded slightly: "We have already calculated the final battle results and losses from September 9th to 7th, please check it out, generals." Having said that, he opened the folder and put a Typed reports were sent to everyone.

"From September 9th to 7th, the Imperial Air Force dispatched a total of 8 sorties of various combat aircraft, and the Naval Air Force dispatched 6129 sorties of various combat aircraft to carry out fierce air raids on the British mainland. Among them, London dispatched 1456 sorties, and Aberdeen dispatched 3135 times, accounting for 2846% of the total sorties. We have achieved very rich results. For example, the Vickers Arsenal and Royce-Royce Engine Factory in the London area of ​​England were successfully destroyed. Aber The main targets in the Aberdeen area, four Esso and Shell refineries were destroyed. The Aberdeen alkylbenzene plant was destroyed. Four large gathering stations in the Aberdeen area were destroyed. So to speak, this time we completed 85% of the original plan."

"Hmm!" Everyone present also beamed with joy.Of course, while they were excited, they were also very surprised.Because it is not easy for the air force to completely destroy a facility of the other side. This is not something that can be done simply by dropping a bomb.It is not easy to hit a palm-sized target at an altitude of thousands of feet.Generally speaking, it is not easy to completely destroy 40% of the targets, but now they have reached 90%, which cannot but surprise them.

(End of this chapter)